An employment tribunal awarded 90 days ‘ pay to more than 50 National Timber Group Scotland (NTGS ) former employees.
Judge Lesley Murpⱨy awarded a safe priȥe to the 54 cIaims αfter rμling that the fell company had brokȩn labor laws by ƫerminating their employment.
Five months ago, all of the Wood Distributors ‘ Grangemouth sites in Falkirk were shut down.
One of five party firms that was put in receivership on November 26th, 2013, was NTGS.
National Timber Group England, National Timber Group MidCo, Scotia Roofing and Building Products, and Glow Insulation and Site Products were all appointed as the new owners of Alvarez & , Marsal Europe’s Michαel Magnay, Gemma Quinn, anḑ Jonathan Marston.
Judge Murphy ruled in the ruling that the complaint that NTGS had violated sections 188 and 188A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Consolidation ) Act of 1992 was” well founded. “
More than 20 people at one establishment were dismissed by the appellant as incomplete, according to the decision.
The participant “failed to ensure that staff members were chosen in accordance with area 188A and to consult with them in accordance with area 188A. “
Alvarez &, Marsal reported to Companies House in January that NTGS had 286 people spread across 22 locations when officials took control.
According to the report, the group’s churn dropped gradually from £344. 6 million in 2022 to £279. 7 million two years later, with a total of £201. 2 million registered for the first nine weeks of 2025.
EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, loss, and amortization, decreased from £16. 9 million in 2022 to a £6. 1 million imbalance at the most recent time.
Following a £577,802 pre-tax earnings in the previous year, NTGS’s accounts from January 2025 reveal a £2. 3 million pre-tax loss for the 2023 calender year. Attrition increased somewhat to £84. 2 %.
The company’s 2024 records are late, due to Companies House.
The Alvarez &, Marsal statement showed the company had churn of £90. 8m for 2024 and £63. 8m in the first nine months of 2025, alongside EBITDA loss of £999, 000 and therefore £991, 000.
The group’s administrators claimed a fiscal reform had taken place in January 2025, but a re-forecasting training resulted in lower sales projections and reputation that additional money of about £9 million had to be obtained by the end of the year.
Early in November 2025, Alvarez & Marsal reported that it had reviewed its short-term cashflow forecast and found a” significant money requirement that was beyond company’s initial anticipation. “
Notices of objectives to appoint officials were filed on November 13 because they felt this was “worsening” and there was” no chance of extra money in the short term. “
According to its January report, “insufficient money ]would become available to make a submission to unsecured debts other than by virtue of the prescribed element. “
